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Blessed Of The Flesh

by M Horton Smith

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1.
I Remember You Well 05:01
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2.
Everything I Have Loved 02:45
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3.
In The Driftwind 03:54
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4.
We Are One 02:58
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5.
Blazing In A Chapel Garden 02:58
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6.
Dreamless Sleep 02:28
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Everybody Needs A Lover Who Knows Them Well 03:50
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8.
Child Of The Wandering Sea 03:26
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9.
Don't Be Denied 02:37
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10.
Kiplyn Davis 03:23
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M. Horton Smith’s latest full-length LP release, Blessed of the Flesh, a heavily themed follow up to 2015’s Silver Tongued Devil, reminisces, reexamines, and reexplores his past, present, and future through the abstract and often obstructed lenses of faith, sin, and love, and the pursuit of all three.

Rooted in the high-desert Americana-folk style, Blessed of the Flesh starts off by taking an introspective journey through the lustful endeavors of youth. Songs like I Remember You Well and Everybody Needs A Lover Who Knows Them Well, which evoke the natural longing of carnal connection and wide-eyed wonder, are then counterbalanced by the universally shared experiences of doubt, loss, and ultimately, death in Dreamless Sleep, Child of the Wandering Sea, and the thoughtful meditation Kiplyn Davis. In between, we gain insight into the grappling and questioning of long-held concepts of sin and religion within contemporary culture.

Everything I Have Loved, We Are One, and Don’t Be Denied signify a rising from the ashes of the past as one sheds self-doubt and embraces new adventures and the opportunity for a more expansive worldview. In the end, Blessed of the Flesh shines a light on the beauty of this life and holds in high reverence the human commonalities found in nature and its life-giving forces. We see an artist determined to tap into his courage to pursue his own path and are inspired to do the same.

credits

released September 13, 2019

Recorded - Orchard Studios, Williamette Mtn Farm and Studio, Squid Lab
Engineered - Daniel Young, Joshua James, M Horton Smith
Mixed and mastered - Jay William Henderson
Drums and percussion - Daniel Young, Ronnie Strauss
Acoustic bass - Tyler Lambourne
Piano - Ryan Tanner
Backing vocals - Marie Bradshaw, Kiki Jane Sieger, Jay William Henderson
Vocals/other instruments - M Horton Smith

All songs written by M Horton Smith (ASCAP)
Photography: Trever Hadley
Art direction: Ryan Tanner

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M Horton Smith Salt Lake City, Utah

Hailing from the high-desert basin of the Great Salt Lake, Smith’s candid, unaffected songwriting and musical ideology can perhaps be described as complexity within simplicity, cast in the same mold as folk-roots musicians such as Leonard Cohen, John Prine or Townes Van Zandt. ... more

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